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30 Cards in this Set
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August 28, 1963 |
Speech date |
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On the steps of the Washington D.C, Lincoln Memorial during the march on Washington |
The place |
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Social rights; racial equality; civil rights |
Major issues |
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Priest, father and husband |
Dr. King's other occupations |
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Treaty to end slavery |
The Emancipation Proclamation |
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America has not followed up on its promise to give Negroes equal treatment afforded them by the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. |
America gave the Negro people a bad check with insufficient funds |
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Remind America of the struggles of the Negro in America and to demand equality |
What was Kings persuasive purpose on his dream |
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The Founding fathers, The Declaration of Independence, the Emancipation Proclamation, and Abraham Lincoln
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What historical authorities does King invoke in his speech |
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Don't fight back |
When does King incorporate a nonviolent protest during his speech |
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100 years |
Five score years ago |
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great in extent, size or degree |
prodigious |
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of great importance |
momentous |
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wasting away; suffering neglect |
languishing |
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acting to save someone from error or evil |
redemptive |
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to control something or someone by harsh or unjust treatment |
oppression |
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A figure of speech where an object, person, or situation has another meaning other than its literal meaning
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literary symbol |
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figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid |
simile |
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figure of speech that identifies something as being the same as some unrelated thing for rhetorical effect, thus highlighting the similarities between the two |
methaphor |
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wording that attempts to influence an audience by using appeal to emotion or stereotypes |
Loaded language |
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the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language |
syntax |
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an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference
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allusion |
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the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words |
alliteration |
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a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification |
Analogy |
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the characteristic spirit of a culture, era, or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations |
Ethos |
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a quality that evokes pity or sadness
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pathos |
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a literary device that can be defined as a statement, sentence or argument used to convince or persuade the targeted audience by employing reason or logic
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logos |
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April 4, 1968, in Tennessee
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When was Dr. King assassinated? |
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Leader of civil rights movement
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Martin Luther King Jr. |
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Henry David Thoreau and Mohandas Gandhi
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Name two people from whom Martin Luther King Jr drew his ideas
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a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable
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pacifists |
